Friday the 13th remake promises a good scare
Many professional critics and laymen alike will tell you that there are way too many remakes in Hollywood these days.
However, sometimes it's hard to resist checking out a few of these remakes if they don't seem like they will completely ruin the original story. The 2009 remake of Friday the 13th seemed to be worth checking out. Seen as a re-imagination rather than a straight remake of the original 1980 classic, Friday the 13th trailers promised a new and scarier Jason with a hip new cast just waiting to be massacred in the woods.
After witnessing the beheading of his mother, a young Jason Voorhees lives in the woods and murders anyone who comes to Crystal Lake. Clay Miller, played by Jared Padalecki (Supernatural), comes to the small town searching for his sister who disappeared on a camping trip six weeks earlier.
Despite warnings from the police and local citizens, Clay continues searching the town and the woods, eventually coming across a group of teenagers looking forward to a fun-filled weekend at their friend's cabin. Clay gets help from a girl in this group, but their search for Clay's sister leads them directly into the clutches of Jason and an action-packed struggle to stay alive.
The News-Letter had the chance to speak with Padalecki a few days before the movie was released (appropriately on Friday 13th) and get his thoughts on the remaking of the iconic slasher movie. As a huge fan of the Friday the 13th franchise, Padalecki was obviously very excited to be a part of the "re-imagining" of the 1980s slasher series.
Padalecki was especially eager to return to the classic action and gore from the first few films in the franchise, claiming that "Jason got a little cheesy towards number 12 of his installments . . . I mean it was like 'Jason goes to the moon,' 'Jason shops at Target,' 'Jason and the muppets.' What started off as scary and like a horror movie became kind of cheesy and campy, which is fine; I mean, that has its time and place, but I don't think that time and place is with Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake."
However, sometimes it's hard to resist checking out a few of these remakes if they don't seem like they will completely ruin the original story. The 2009 remake of Friday the 13th seemed to be worth checking out. Seen as a re-imagination rather than a straight remake of the original 1980 classic, Friday the 13th trailers promised a new and scarier Jason with a hip new cast just waiting to be massacred in the woods.
After witnessing the beheading of his mother, a young Jason Voorhees lives in the woods and murders anyone who comes to Crystal Lake. Clay Miller, played by Jared Padalecki (Supernatural), comes to the small town searching for his sister who disappeared on a camping trip six weeks earlier.
Despite warnings from the police and local citizens, Clay continues searching the town and the woods, eventually coming across a group of teenagers looking forward to a fun-filled weekend at their friend's cabin. Clay gets help from a girl in this group, but their search for Clay's sister leads them directly into the clutches of Jason and an action-packed struggle to stay alive.
The News-Letter had the chance to speak with Padalecki a few days before the movie was released (appropriately on Friday 13th) and get his thoughts on the remaking of the iconic slasher movie. As a huge fan of the Friday the 13th franchise, Padalecki was obviously very excited to be a part of the "re-imagining" of the 1980s slasher series.
Padalecki was especially eager to return to the classic action and gore from the first few films in the franchise, claiming that "Jason got a little cheesy towards number 12 of his installments . . . I mean it was like 'Jason goes to the moon,' 'Jason shops at Target,' 'Jason and the muppets.' What started off as scary and like a horror movie became kind of cheesy and campy, which is fine; I mean, that has its time and place, but I don't think that time and place is with Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake."
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